Beginnings
Constantinople
Justinian I
Eastern Orthodox Church
Conflict in the Church
100
The Byzantine Empire is the eastern continuation of this powerful and vast empire.
What is The Roman Empire?
100
Constantinople was an appealing spot for a capital city because it lay in these two continents.
What are Asia and Europe?
100
He is often recognized as the greatest Byzantine emperor.
Who is Justinian I?
100
This was the foundation of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Christianity or the Eastern Orthodox Church?
100
The culture of the western part of the Roman Empire was influenced by the Frankish and Germanic cultures while the Byzantine culture was largely shaped by the influence of this Mediterranean culture.
What is Greek?
200
In 330 C.E., this emperor of the Roman Empire moved his capital to Byzantium and created a two capital structure for the Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine?
200

Constantinople was also easy to defend because of this geographical advantage.

What is a peninsula?

200

 The systematic process of gathering, organizing, and clarifying centuries of scattered Roman legal opinions into a single unified system.

What is to Codify (or Codification)?

200
Because religion and government were even more closely linked in the Byzantine Empire than in Medieval Europe, the emperor was considered the head of the government and this.
What is the living representative of God and Jesus Christ?
200
After the fall of Rome, these religious leaders claimed supreme religious authority over all Christians though the emperors and patriarchs of Byzantium did not make the same claim.
Who is the pope?
300
Byzantium was later named "New Rome" until the emperor finally named the city after himself and gave it this name.
What is Constantinople?
300
Constantinople's closeness to water ways and its position on two different continents made it a perfect hub for this.
What is trade?
300
Though encouraged to flee the city by his advisors, she encouraged Justinian I the stay and fight; he eventually put down the revolt because of her encouragement.
Who is Theodora, Justinian's wife?
300

Who did Eastern European Christians believe held the ultimate, final authority over Church matters and the Patriarch?

Who is The Byzantine Emperor?

300

In 730 C.E. the Byzantine emperor Leo III banned the use of all religious images in churches and homes because the eastern church leaders felt that people were worshiping the images instead of God. This practice of smashing these images was then encouraged.

What is iconoclasm?

400
Though the western half of the Roman Empire fell in 476 C.E., the Byzantine Empire continued on for this many more years.
What is 1000?
400

One of the seas that is near Constantinople

What are the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, Marmara?

400
As part of a grand rebuilding of Constantinople, Justinian I created bridges, public bathes, parks, roads, hospitals and churches, among them this magnificent church.
What is Hagia Sophia?
400
This saint of importance in the Eastern Orthodox Church helped to create the Cyrillic alphabet which today is the foundation of the Russian language.
Who is Saint Cyril?
400

 The severe church punishment that officially bans a person from receiving sacraments and church services, used by the Pope against the Byzantine Emperor.  

What is excommunication?

500
The Byzantine Empire continued to endure until it was conquered by this attacking group.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
500

If you want to go to Constantinople and visit the Hagia Sophia, you'd go to this modern-day city.

What is Istanbul? 

500
Justinian I and his committee studied the laws of the Roman Empire revising and improving them thoroughly into a document that has come be known as this.
What is Justinian's Code?
500
Byzantine artists made these paintings on small wooden panels which were intended to bring them closer to God during prayer and services.
What are icons?
500

The 1054 CE event that permanently split the Christian Church into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.

What is the Great Schism?

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